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FINGER RING
Unique ID: LVPL-E865E3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A fragment of a cast copper alloy probable finger ring of Roman date. The object is incomplete with each end terminating in an ancient break. The narrow end of the 'hoop' measures 3.28mm in width and 1.68mm thick. The object widens and expands to the opposite end, or shoulder, where it measures 7.73mm in width and is 5.01mm thick. It is D-shaped in cross-section. The object is undecorated with a mid to dark green patina which is corroded in places.
Class: Hinged
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 410
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 26.64 mm
Width: 7.81 mm
Thickness: 4.98 mm
Weight: 3.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Fragment
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Aston Tirrold
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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